Tortoise

Drowning in the long wake of guitar driven post-punk bands soaked in the blood of the bloated corpse of 1970’s prog-rock, elements of Chicago’s music scene in the early 90’s began to coalesce around a rejection of the perceived coolness of post-punk rock. Fastidiously slaughtered by the revolutionary spirit of punk in the latter half of the 70’s, prog-rock had been deemed uncool and unworthy for over a decade. In the insular world of 80’s post-punk hipness, many other exploratory genres suffered the same fate. At the onset of the 90’s in both America and the UK, however, a cluster... Read More

Genre:

Rock, Alternative/Indie, Math Rock

City Of Origin:

Chicago,
Illinois,
United States

Formed Date:

1990

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